Facebook Inc. this year has made a flurry of new rules designed to improve the discourse on its platforms. When users report content that breaks those rules, a test by The Wall Street Journal found, the company often fails to enforce them. Facebook allows all users to flag content for review if they think it doesn’t belong on the platform. When the Journal reported more than 150 pieces of content that Facebook later confirmed violated its rules, the company’s review system allowed the material—some depicting or praising grisly...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 15, 2020 15:30 UTC